Planning my thanksgiving dinner

I'm going to try & make the sweet potatoes with Splenda brown sugar & sugar free maple syrup & only put marshmallows on half of the dish.  

I also am making a Splenda pumpkin pie with a graham cracker crust & sugar free cool whip. 

Hopefully will fill up on turkey & only eat a bite of stuffing & the sweet potatoes & pie! 

Wonder if my family will notice if I forget to buy rolls?

im not planning on doing any holiday baking - I'm having a couple of get togethers at my house and I've already told people I'm making the Splenda pumpkin pie & maybe try a couple of Hungry Girl recipes for little desserts - sugar is my drug so I can't have sweets at my house.   Not going to make the baked goods I usually do for gifts - too much temptation. 

 

We are going to the grocery store's chef's case and getting:

Herb crusted beef tenderloin

Green beans with roasted carrots and hazelnuts

Roast red potatoes with rosemary

Followed by a walk outside (weather permitting; it is sleeting here now...supposed to be wet and cold the rest of the week) and a trip to the gym on Black Friday.

No cooking, no leftovers, no stress!

Yummo!  I want to come to your house for dinner, Lee :-) 

We are going to a restaurant and the day before will be my first day on regular foods.  Gonna try a little bit of turkey and maybe a bite of mashed potatoes.  Want to try green beans but not sure if that will be hard on my stomach.  This might end up being a disaster!  Lol

brandy

Suggestion for the green beans:  make sure they are soft cooked.  Since you will be just trying foods again since surgery, it might be better for them to be soft cooked rather than toothy so that your sleeve might tolerate them better.  I know for me, when I first ate veggies post op, they had to be soft cooked, and I ate them in very small quantities (protein first, always!).

thank you, i'm definaiely going to take it slow.  glad to have foodv again, although i keep freaking out about how much i an eat.  Only water and protein shakes seem to give me a full feeling.  i always stop before feeling anything, pressure or burping. :)

brandy

Yes, definitely listen to the cues your body gives you about fullness. You are still pretty early out and your sleeve is still swollen. You may want to hold off on trying new foods out in public . Try them out at home first so in case you get ill, you can do it at home and avoid possible embarrassment! Good luck!

Sounds great!! I'm 3 weeks post op, so I'm thinking turkey, mashed potatoes, and carrots and turnip. Maybe even some pudding!!